Bits and Pieces of Random

Ok, the school year has started up and as predicted, blogging has taken a slight downhill turn. But I'm now past the first few weeks, getting more settled in, not staying up at school until 6 or later, and so I have turned an eye back towards the blog - yay!

I know I promised a classroom reveal once it was updated. And I promise the room is ready! Hahaha...I would hope so anyways, kids have been coming for almost two and half weeks now. But I keep forgetting to take pictures while I'm up there! At the end of the day, I am working like crazy to clear my desk of the mess from the day and trying to get things ready for tomorrow. And somehow in there, taking pictures gets forgotten :-( Boo...but I will try my absolute best to remember this week :-)

It has been great to get back into the swing of Pre-K! I love it, and the great thing about Pre-K is that the year only gets better as time goes on because the kids get older, more independent, and learn our class routines. I have a lot of fun things we're doing that I want to share, and I am going to try to do a weekly post to accomplish that - so hold me accountable!

However, until I can remember to take my camera up to school...I'll share a little labor day fun! Scott and I actually both had the day off (yay!) and so we drove to a park about 15-20 minutes away from our house to go wading in Salado Creek. We had prepared ourselves for a busy crowd (being labor day and all), but surprisingly we actually had the place to ourselves. A family was there when we first arrived, so we let Link loose. Our 80 lb German Shepherd charged the family, barking ferociously and amazingly enough...they left!
Hahaha, ok not really! Although that might be effective, Link is too good-natured to do that. The family left (of their own accord) about 10 minutes after we arrived.

Here are some pictures of our day!

                                                                  Happy Labor Day!

It was a beautiful day, with surprisingly cool weather! And Scott is being kind enough to hold my water bottle so I could take a picture :-) Although it may not look like it, the water is actually flowing pretty fast!

 

Link's first attempt at fishing!

 We tried a family picture on self-timer in a fast-flowing river and my sandal stuck in the mud as I was running back. So...that's as far as I got :-)

We took a picnic lunch with us and enjoyed some chicken salad, grapes, and cookies. It was just a great low-key, very fun labor day, and we will definitely be going back to Salado creek!

And in closing...TCU had a GREAT game this past Saturday! Link was thoroughly riveted and did push-ups after every point. And since we won 56-0, you can just imagine he was wiped by the end! :-)